PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian passport holder has visa-free access to 151 countries, making it the eighth most powerful passport in the world in the Passport Index 2016. The index ranked passports according to countries that can be visited without applying for a visa. In comparison with other Asean countries, Brunei passport holders (ranked 20) have visa-free access to 136 countries, Thailand (55) to 72 countries, the Philippines (63) to 62 and Indonesia (69) to 56 nations. The top ranking went to Germany and Sweden, whose passport holders are able to visit 158 countries without a visa. Singapore is also ranked fourth (together with the US), enabling its passport holders to travel visa-free to 155 countries.

Source: The Star September 15, 2016 22:18 UTC